Faster P300 latency after smoking in visual but not auditory oddball tasks

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Houlihan, Michael E ^a   Pritchard, Walter S ^b   Robinson, John H ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Information processing; Nicotine; P300; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030030702     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246577     Document Type: Article

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